Ezio did not answer. He was not in the mood to talk to the woman. He thought that after the incident she wouldn't talk to him anymore but he was wrong. The woman was really persistent and if he would not straight out tell her what he thought then the woman might continue to pester him.
"Hey, I'm talking to you!" Vinya got annoyed at how the man was treating her. She didn't do anything wrong so she doesn't deserve this kind of treatment.
"Stop yelling and haven't you noticed it already, I don't like talking to you because it always gets me in trouble. You are a noble and I am a commoner, the people in this place don't like it when you interact with me. So can you please leave me alone?" Ezio looked at her again as he said those cold words.
The straightforwardness of those words made her step back. Even the man's eyes were enough to tell her that she wasn't liked. They were looking at her like she was someone not important, just a passerby.
"I just want to be your friend," Vinya's voice softened but it did nothing to touch the man's seemingly cold heart instead his frown deepened.
"I don't want to be your friend. Look for other people to be your friend. If you continue to follow me around, jealous students will only cause me trouble. And I can't afford to be in any kind of mess." Ezio was set on not having any friends because he didn't want any complications.
Vinya's eyes slowly teared up because of how harsh he was to her. She was never treated like that and the first person to do that was someone she genuinely wanted to be friends with. She turned around and left the room.
She wiped the tears that finally fell after she left. She regretted that she even worried about him. Ezio did not give any reaction at all even though he knew that he made Vinya cry. Now there was another rumor that spread through the academy and another reason for some of the students to hate him.
A month passed after that incident and Archmage Ragus was able to fix it by only talking with the parents of the students who were involved. Vinya on the other hand stopped pestering Ezio while the other students continued to avoid him.
This time a man who loved to wear white alighted from a carriage that bore the insignia of the Ginehart Dukedom. He was followed by three other people, a man who always wore a tight-fitting suit, a woman who had a frown and another man who had a nostalgic look on his face.
"Will the four of you be, okay?" Linius, who came down from one of the horses that followed the carriage asked.
"Yes, we will, big brother." Cygnus turned around and gave the man a wide grin. After spending so much time with them, Linius already got used to being called a big brother by the master.
"Alright, if you get tired, just go to this address." He handed them a piece of paper where the direction to the Ginehart manor in the capital was located. "We will be having dinner at the manor so make sure that you get home before it gets dark."
Cygnus nodded at the major's reminder before they went their ways. "Why don't we go to different places? I'm sure that Sir Astropos would want to visit some places and Nina will be bored if you go with us. Let's just meet at the manor before dinner."
At the master's suggestion, Nina and Astrophos did not think twice and agreed. Astrophos was going to visit some of the pubs in the capital to see if he could get any information about the tower and about Ezio. Nina on the other hand decided to just roam around and do some sightseeing by herself.
"Where are you going master?" Mr. C asked after he sent the other two away. It was rare for the master to take the initiative to let the other two have their own way and time so he was curious why the master did that.
"We are going to visit someone and see if he is faring well in this place," Cygnus simply answered. He turned around and went to the direction of the highest tower in the capital which was the symbol of the Magic Tower.
"If you are going to visit Young Master Ezio, you should go to the academy," Mr. C pointed at the other side of the tower where the academy stood.
"Don't worry he can wait. I'll go and see how my enemies are doing and to see how amazing this magic tower was compared to those I have seen before." Cygnus laughed and waved his hand then he continued walking.
The tower was indeed imposing, it was built inside a castle in the middle of the city. According to what Astrophos told them, it was a structure divided into seven halls. They could see many mages and trainees outside of the tower. There were also other people who were queuing at one side of the open gates.
"That must be the registration area for those who wanted to become an official mage." He narrowed his eyes and a mischievous glint appeared in his eyes.
"Master, please don't do anything rash. You must talk with the major first before you do whatever is in your mind." Mr. C who immediately noticed the glint on his eyes and that smile he always wore on his face when he was scheming something. Whenever he has that smile, his eyes will brighten and widen.
Cygnus looked at his butler, "Tsk, why do I need to get his permission to do anything?" He was getting annoyed at how his movements were being controlled.
"Master please understand, we just arrived at the capital so you can't stir up travel on your first day here. Why not wait for tomorrow to do it?" He knew that he can't stop the master from doing what he liked but it was still worth a try to dissuade him from whatever he was planning.
Cygnus hummed then he looked at the domineering tower before he sighed. The butler was right, he had prepared a grand plan for all of them so he can't just make hasty decisions. "Alright. I just got excited for a little bit when I saw the tower and thought that it would be majestic to make the tower fall."
The butler couldn't help but look at his master before he shook his head. They left the Magic Tower and went ahead to the direction of the academy. Once they reached the gate to the academy, they immediately noticed that most of the students who were going to their class were looking in their direction.
"Hmmm, this place is actually big," Cygnus looked at the structure that was surrounded by high walls. He already noticed the looks being thrown their way so he did what he was good at and waved at the ladies who had their eyes on them.
"Are we going inside to look for young master Ezio?" Mr. C also had his eyes on the gate of the academy and was only pulled away when he heard screams not far away from them.
"No. I'm sure that we can't enter even if we wanted to. This kind of institute doesn't allow any outsiders to just casually stroll inside. We will be needing my big brother's help for that." Cygnus was still smiling at the ladies when they decided to approach them.
"Are you going to visit the academy?" One of them asked with her face turned a little bit red. The other ladies with her had the same reaction which made the butler's eyebrow raise.
"No we are just touring and we just happened to pass by," the master smoothly answered. The lie came out naturally that it was like he was telling the truth. The ladies then suddenly giggled and the butler didn't understand their reaction.
"Oh, that's a shame." After she said those words, the bell sounded loudly which made the ladies bolt away from them. "Uhm, we will be going now. I hope we can see you again when you pass by this place." The girl waved before she followed the others.
"This place is interesting. Ezio might be having the best time of his life!"
